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TOO MUCH WAR UNDER QUEENSBERRY RULES?

... The Rising Tide of Anger against Nazi Excesses is Leading to Demands that We Play Rough with the Enemy, Instead of Fighting on more Traditional, Honourable Lines. Comparison is here Made Between the Methods of Warfare Pursued by Germany and Britain To-day By FERDINAND TUOHY JAN MASARYK, Czechoslovak Deputy Prime Minister and man of insight and punch, pro vokes a remunerative line of thought ...

Published: Saturday 08 August 1942
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 1891 | Page: Page 10 | Tags: Photographs 

THE OLDEST DESTROYER IN THE ROYAL NAVY: H.M.S. Skate--900 tons, built in 1917--which has Just Celebrated Her ..

... THE OLDEST DESTROYER IN THE ROYAL NAVY H.M.S. Skate-- 900 tons, built in 19 17-- which has Just Celebrated Her 25th Birthday at Sea An impression (from personal knowledge) of the veteran vessel whilst on her present task of guard ing the Northern Convoys- -By Montague Dawson J^ritain's oldest destroyer is H.M.S. Skate which has iust celebrated her Silver Jubilee afloat twice torpedoed in the ...

Published: Saturday 08 August 1942
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 406 | Page: Page 11 | Tags: Photographs 

GERMANY'S SUBMARINE CAMPAIGN AGAINST THE MERCHANTMEN

... Germany's Submarine Campaign AGAINST THE MERCHANTMEN United States Shipping Losses in the Battle of the Convoys A Very Serious Situation and the Possible Remedies Discussed by DOUGLAS GLEN SURELY the few published facts, made available to us mainly through the candour of the American Press, are enough in themselves to drive home to everyone the extreme gravity of the shipping position. Off the ...

Published: Saturday 08 August 1942
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 1686 | Page: Page 14 | Tags: Photographs 

THE NAZIS IN THE CAUCASUS?

... The strong German attacks at Rostov, the advance to the south-east of this town and towards the town of Stalingrad on the Volga indicate that Hitler's drive towards the Caucasus is now definitely in process. The ultimate objective of the Germans may be Baku but whether this is so or not, the enemy incursion into this rich oil-bearing 'region may well be extremely serious .for our Soviet ally. ...

Published: Saturday 08 August 1942
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 578 | Page: Page 22 | Tags: Photographs 

THE SMOKE-SCREEN in LAND WAR: How Tanks and Infantry Use Artificial Fog in Attack and Defence

... THE SMOKE-SCREEN in LAND WAR How Tanks and Infantry Use Artificial Fog in Attack and Defence THE use of smoke-screens by our tanks in Libya and of large scale artificial fog by the Germans and Russians has been mentioned increasingly by war correspondents. And now from Berlin comes a report of how General Auchinleck attacked with 100 tanks under cover of artificial fog in Egypt. The front ...

Published: Saturday 08 August 1942
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 1285 | Page: Page 24, 25 | Tags: Photographs 

BOOTH'S

... \mm mTg ''^0- 6Y appointment to I ;y s-{ I H.M.KING GEORGE VI I THE ONLY GIN THAT HOLDS THE BLUE SEAL OF THE INSTITUTE OF HYGIENE ...

The National Savings Committee

... (make-believe to'day In ten years time she'll be on the threshold of a new life, eager to strike out into a new world and full of enthusiasm for her new responsibility that of helping to guide the destinies of all we have loved and fought for. Give her every chance to succeed For now is the time to save for the future of your children by cutting all spending to the bone and starting the ...

Published: Saturday 08 August 1942
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Advertisement | Words: 150 | Page: Page 33 | Tags: Photographs 

EGYPT: A New German Weapon: IN THE MINEFIELDS

... EGYPT A New German Weapon A Tank, which is a Mobile Gun Plat form, Just Captured by the 8th Army An Official Picture Wirelessed from Cairo This extraordinary picture shows a new Ger man armoured weapon which has just been inspected by Mr. Wendell Willkie during his tour of the Middle East. It is the first of its kind to be captured by the 8th Army in Egypt, and it was taken during Rommel's ...

Published: Saturday 19 September 1942
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 256 | Page: Page 5 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

THE SPIRIT OF RUSSIA TO-DAY: THE CARGO PLANE OF THE FUTURE?

... THE SPIRIT OF RUSSIA TO-DAY This picture shows how the civilian population of Soviet Russia are backing up the efforts of the Red Army in the field. It depicts the scene in a workshop of an underground factory in a city of the Soviet Union which has suffered heavy attacks from the I aggressors. The workers are producing arms for defenders of the city, despite the crowded quart artificially ...

Published: Saturday 19 September 1942
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 191 | Page: Page 6 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

ASPECTS OF THE WAR from Different Angles and from Different Battle Areas

... f JKH m3% S W THE TIDE OF WAR RECEDES FROM STALINGRAD, LEAVING WHOLE SECTIONS OF THE CITY IN A STATE OF COMPLETE RUIN. The heroic Red Army have beaten he enemy back along whole sectors of the Stalingrad front and those Germans who now remain within the city itself are trapped in the sack, the r ;ck of which is being drawn tighter by the Russians. But the city itself is in ruins the new aerial ...

Published: Saturday 12 December 1942
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 753 | Page: Page 6, 7 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

ISLAM in the UNITED NATIONS' ORBIT: The Vast Muslim Communities of Africa and the Middle East which are now ..

... ISLAM in the UNITED NATIONS' ORBIT The Vast Muslim Communities of Africa and the Middle East which are now Shut Off from the Nazi Influence By FERDINAND TUOHY IN the general excitement over North Africa, not much has been said about one aspect. As long as Vichy held North and West Africa, with their 30,000,000 Arabs, Senegalese and derivative kith, danger lurked of this western part of Islam ...

Published: Saturday 12 December 1942
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 1956 | Page: Page 8 | Tags: Photographs 

GERMAN GLIDERS CAPTURED IN EGYPT: The Troop-Carriers which have been Used to Reinforce the Afrika Korps

... German Gliders Captured in Egypt The Troop-Carriers which have been Used to Reinforce the Afrika Korps 1 1 has been known since the days of the Crete campaign that the Germans have been making use of numbers of specially-constructed gliders for the quick transport of troops within the battle-zone Here are two pictures which show what the newest types of German troop- carrying gliders look like ...

Published: Saturday 12 December 1942
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 278 | Page: Page 9 | Tags: Photographs